U.S. Swimming has annouced that Jon Urbancek and Gregg Troy will be the head coaches for the U.S at the 1998 World Championships in Perth, Australia. Urbanchek will be the
Legendary Coach Skip Byrd won the 1996 Teacher of the Year Award from the the Indiana Department of the American Legion.
The Associated Press named Amy Van Dyken the AP Female Athlete of the Year. Her four gold medals won at the 1996 Olympic Games cinched the award. Van Dyken garnered
Dawn Fraser and Kristina Egerszegi have accomplished a feat that no woman has ever equaled. They are the only 2 women that have won Olympic gold medals in the same
Michelle Smith took part in her first swim meet since she won 3 Olympic gold medals in Atlanta. Smith said after winning the 50m freestyle final at the Bordeaux, France
Adrian Radley, Ryan Mitchell, Geoff Huegill and Michael Klim of Australia set a world record in the 400m medley relay with a time of 3:30.91 at Australian Short Course Swimming
In 1991 Matt Biondi received $54,970, the most for any American swimmer that year, from U.S. Swimming’s Athletes Assistance Program. Mike Barrowman and Janet Evans finished 2nd and 3rd with
From Reuter’s News Service – Australia’s Ryan Mitchell set a short-course world record in the men’s 200m breaststroke at the Australian Short Course Swimming Championships in Melbourne. Mitchell’s time of
Jenny Thompson has won a total of 5 Olympic gold medals: the 400m freestyle relay, the 400m medley relay at the 1992 Olympics and the 400m freestyle relay, the 400m
From USA Today – Amy Van Dyken, after winning Olympic gold medals in the 50m freestyle, 100m butterfly, 400m freestyle relay and 400m medley relay, has been named the U.S.